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By Our Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI, FEB. 8. Syed Abdul Rehman Geelani, the Delhi University Professor who was acquitted in the Parliament attack case of December 2001, was shot at and injured near Basant Enclave in South-West Delhi on Tuesday evening. Prof. Geelani sustained at least three gunshots wounds and was rushed to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where his condition is reported to be serious. The incident occurred around 9 p.m. when Prof. Geelani was coming out of his lawyer Nandita Haksar's residence at Basant Lok in Vasant Kunj. The assailants, who were reported to be travelling in a jeep, shot at him at least thrice from close range and fled. The motive behind the attack is not clear. Hearing the gunshots, Ms. Haksar rushed out of the house and found Prof. Geelani lying on the ground bleeding. Along with her family members, she rushed him to the AIIMS where he was immediately operated upon. The incident was reported to the police by the hospital authorities. Ms. Haksar said Prof. Geelani, teaching in Delhi University's Zakir Hussain College, had earlier in the day attended court proceedings. "He said he wanted to discuss a case with me and came to my house around 8.30 p.m.," she added. Prof. Geelani was charge-sheeted by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police for his alleged involvement in the Parliament attack case. He was sentenced to death by the court of Additional Sessions Judge, S.N. Dhingra but the Delhi High Court acquitted him of all the charges due to lack of evidence.
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